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Bob Armstrong
09-17-2010, 10:06 PM
CFC through issuance of its press release # 2/2010, on WIM Yuanling Yuan leading the Canadian Women's Chess Olympiad Team, has managed to arrange 2 television interviews for her:

1. with OMNI TV in Toronto. The filming will be used on their Cantonese language program at 9:00 PM today, and on their Mandarin language program at 5:00 PM on Monday, Sept. 20.

2. with Fairchild TV in Toronto. Yuanling will be filmed/interviewed at 11:30 AM tomorrow, Sat., Sept. 18 at her home, just before she leaves for the airport, for her flight to Russia.

I also was interviewed briefly by OMNI TV as part of their presentation, as being a public relations contact for CFC, and being able to give some organizational background for the Olympiad, and Canadian participation.

CFC has never before had an actual public relations contact ( organizers have in the past promoted their tournaments on their own ), and is now for the first time building a bank of media contacts to whom it can send its press releases. This is a small first step on CFC implementing one of its core objectives - chess promotion to the general public through mainstream media.

Bob

Bob Gillanders
09-18-2010, 01:46 AM
That is a great first step in getting chess some media attention.

Well done Bob! :)

Bob Armstrong
09-21-2010, 11:13 PM
For a very well-researched article on the two Canadian Olympiad Teams, see the CFC Chess News Forum - http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/showthread.php?t=1144

Bob